Nobel Laureate, Leading Experts Speak in APS President’s Symposium Series

Newswise — San Diego, CA (April 27, 2014) — APS President Kim E. Barrett, PhD, of the University of California San Diego has organized a dynamic President’s Symposium Series to be presented during the Experimental Biology meeting in San Diego. Three symposia featuring leading research experts will focus around the theme “Multiscale Physiology: Linking Cellular and Molecular Insights to the Health of Organisms and Populations.” The series is anchored on Wednesday with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Lecture by Nobel Laureate Bruce Beutler, MD, PhD.

NOTE TO JOURNALISTS: To schedule an interview or for more information, please contact Stacy Brooks at sbrooks@the-aps.org or (240) 432-9697.

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About Experimental Biology 2014Experimental Biology is an annual meeting comprised of more than 14,000 scientists and exhibitors from six sponsoring societies and multiple guest societies. With a mission to share the newest scientific concepts and research findings shaping current and future clinical advances, the meeting offers an unparalleled opportunity for exchange among scientists from throughout across the United States and the world who represent dozens of scientific areas, from laboratory to translational to clinical research. www.experimentalbiology.org

About the American Physiological Society (APS)APS is a nonprofit organization devoted to fostering education, scientific research and dissemination of information in the physiological sciences. The Society was founded in 1887 and today represents more than 11,000 members and publishes 14 peer-reviewed journals.www.the-aps.org